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The Player's Club- 1 star
Even better than the movie was listening 2 actor Faizon Love describe Cube as a director on the set during 1 of the episodes of Dinner 4 5, "AY YO, ROLL THA THANG OVER THERE MAYNE! AIIIGHT CHALL NIGGAZ READY? BET!"
>Barbershop-1 star
The talk is lively but goes into overdrive when >Eddie is onstage.
Actually all the talk is terrible unti Eddie starts speaking. He's the only reason why it gets 1 star.
I could have done without both of the >subplots--the loan shark and the ATM thieves--
I think everyone could've. The stolen ATM is the worst subplot in the history of cinema.
and simply sat >there in Calvin's Barbershop for the entire running time, >listening to these guys talk. There is a kind of music to >their conversations, now a lullaby, now a march, now a >requiem, now hip-hop, and they play with one another like >members of an orchestra. The movie's so good to listen to, >it would even work as an audio book.
Sounds just like a white guy who has never been in a black barbershop.
>Bait-0 stars >"Bait" is a deadpan action comedy with a little Hitchcock, a >little Bond and a lot of attitude.
Alotta bullshit in that statement right there
It's funny and clever . .
Not
>. Just last week, in my review of "The Watcher," I was >complaining about killers who spend more time devising >elaborate booby-traps for the cops than in committing their >crimes. Now I forgive Bristol for the same practice. It's >all in how you do it--in the style.
Whatever.
>Blue Streak-2 stars >"Blue Streak" ranks in the upper reaches of the cop buddy >genre, up there in "Lethal Weapon" territory. It has the >usual ingredients for a cop comedy, including the obligatory >Dunkin' Donuts product placement, but it's assembled with >style--and it's built around a Martin Lawrence performance >that deserves comparison with Richard Pryor and Eddie >Murphy, with a touch of Mel Gibson's zaniness in the midst >of action.
This just in. Richard Pryor just killed himself just so he could roll over in his grave after hearing that statement. In other news, Eddie Murphy didnt know whether 2 say thank u or be offended.
>House Party-4 stars
One of the better "black" comedies of my generation. Robin Harris @ his best. And one of the only ones I agree w/ Ebert on.
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